James Lowther, 1st Viscount Ullswater

The Right Honourable The Viscount Ullswater GCB PC JP DL
Portrait by Philip de László, c. 1905
Speaker of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom
In office 8 June 1905 – 28 April 1921
Monarch	Edward VII George V
Prime Minister	Arthur Balfour Henry Campbell-Bannerman H. H. Asquith David Lloyd George
Preceded by	Sir William Gully
Succeeded by	J. H. Whitley
Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons Chairman of Ways and Means
In office 1895 – June 1905
Monarchs	Victoria Edward VII
Preceded by	John William Mellor
Succeeded by	Sir John Lawson
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
In office 22 September 1891 – 18 August 1892
Monarch	Victoria
Prime Minister	The Marquess of Salisbury
Preceded by	Sir James Fergusson
Succeeded by	Sir Edward Grey
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal
In office 8 July 1921 – 27 March 1949 Hereditary Peerage
Preceded by	Peerage created
Succeeded by	The 2nd Viscount Ullswater
Member of Parliament for Penrith and Cockermouth
In office 14 December 1918 – 13 May 1921
Preceded by	constituency established
Succeeded by	Cecil Lowther
Member of Parliament for Penrith
In office 27 July 1886 – 14 December 1918
Preceded by	Henry Howard
Succeeded by	constituency abolished
Member of Parliament for Rutland
In office 1 September 1883 – 18 December 1885
Preceded by	Gerard Noel
Succeeded by	George Finch
Personal details
Born	1 April 1855 (1855-04)
Died	27 March 1949(1949-03-27) (aged 93)
Nationality	British
Political party	Conservative
Spouse	Mary Beresford-Hope (d. 1944)
Alma mater	King's College London Trinity College, Cambridge

James William Lowther, 1st Viscount Ullswater, GCB, PC, JP, DL (1 April 1855 – 27 March 1949), was a British Conservative politician. He was Speaker of the House of Commons between 1905 and 1921. He was the longest-serving Speaker of the 20th century.